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This must be the place : the adventures of Talking Heads in the 20th century / David Bowman.

Title: This must be the place : the adventures of Talking Heads in the 20th century / David Bowman.
Author: Bowman, David, 1957-2012
Publication: New York : HarperEntertainment, ©2001.

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Description

406 pages : illustrations; 24 cm

Summary

"Could there have been a more improbable band to rise from the ashes of punk and the smoldering embers of the disco inferno than Talking Heads? Made up of art school students, "military brats," and an Ivy League dropout, the Heads came of rock age in New York, 1976 - the Summer of Sam - thrilling the arty downtown crowd that filled the hallowed dirty halls of the infamous CBGB. This ain't no party, this ain't no disco: This was something no one had heard the likes of before."
"In This Must Be the Place, David Bowman gives us a stunning in-depth view of the changing world, the unique sound, and the remarkable clashing personalities of four exceptional artists who refused to paint inside the lines: Jerry Harrison, Chris Franz, the beautiful blond bass player Tina Weymouth ... and her nemesis, a brilliant, loose-limbed, bug-eyed "carny geek" named David Byrne. No band in rock 'n' roll history was ever less mainstream yet so adept at producing FM hits and MTV eye candy, securing the group remarkable pop success. Bowman examines the band's collaborations with artists as diverse as Brian Eno, Robert Rauschenberg, and Robert Wilson, as well as the group's cultural borrowings from African pop, minimalism, and Tin Pan Alley."--Jacket.

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Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (pages 363-384) , discography (p. 385-393) , filmography (p. 395-396) , and index.

ISBN

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00046082

OCLC

44914246

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Harvard Library